## BACKGROUND. Patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC) reportedly have better prognoses than sporadic colorectal carcinoma (CRC) patients, but it has been unclear whether this could be due to differences in stage at diagnosis. The current study compared stage and surviva
The association between cholangiooaroinoma and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma
✍ Scribed by J.-P. Mecklin; H. J. Järvinen; M. Virolainen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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